Marty Levine

Marty Levine September 10, 2021 Earlier this month, we got one more indication that government can work and that we, as a nation, can take on our big problems....

Marty Levine September 5, 2021 In the twisted logic of this age, corporations are like people with civil rights to be protected. And, since political spending is now just...

  Marty Levine August 30, 2021 After 90 minutes I had had enough. That’s how long I could tolerate watching an angry audience attack the Commack School Board, and...

Marty Levine August 25, 2021 A story in Monday’s Washington Post told a familiar story. For those with wealth and power talking about the need for systemic change is...

Marty Levine August 15, 2021 The rich get richer and the rest of us get ignored. That’s the disturbing theme that emerges from three stories that appeared in my...

Marty Levine August 11. 2021   In the fall of 2016, Kalamazoo, Michigan was not unique. It, like cities larger and smaller, was faced with large budget shortfalls and...

Marty Levine 8/9/21 We have just received a new picture of our nation’s health care system from a new Commonweal Fund report, Mirror, Mirror 2021: Reflecting Poorly.  Remember, this...

Marty Levine 8/4/2021 Last week I questioned whether private philanthropy was able to handle the pressing societal challenges we face. A study commissioned by the Urban Institute that was...

Marty Levine 8/3/2021 In city halls, school Board rooms, state legislatures, and even in the halls of congress debates over policies and practices that affect every aspect of lives...

Marty Levine 7/29/21 Recently Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy published its review of long-term trends in our nation’s charitable giving, “The Giving Environment”. Analyzing data from four...